An Offer You can Refuse (Fast Track to Status)
Oct 21, 2019, 12:51 pm
#1
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An Offer You can Refuse (Fast Track to Status)
Three months free Silver for existing GM - very generous!
Seriously, is there anything useful here or just a badly-targeted promo based on my June status?
[EDIT] There is actually some useful stuff on the landing page. Guess the lesson is to read the whole thing, not just the top line. I'd been expecting to do the Elevate Your Status buy for next level but this might just make it work organically.
Ah, that's actually useful, but the email was not informative.
This is not the end of the story though. One of my eligible scheduled flights is 1/23/20-1/27/20. If I registered today, I think that would be excluded from my three months. So I need to wait until end of October to safely register (after 10/27/19). I'll be annoyed if they don't include flights already purchased but falling inside my 3 months. That seems a wrinkle too far? The small print does say my existing MQD Waiver from the Delta Reserve is good here, so PM here I come?
Last edited by SteveTownsend; Oct 21, 2019 at 1:03 pm Reason: read the entire thing
Oct 21, 2019, 4:01 pm
#2
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Including January potentially makes it useful for someone who won't make status by NYE but does a lot of travel in January. It's similar to a one month extension for someone who won't earn FO status this year and otherwise wouldn't therefore have any "rollover" either.
I suspect the email may have been sent to everyone in the NYC area, although we'll find out here soon enough.
I suspect the email may have been sent to everyone in the NYC area, although we'll find out here soon enough.
Oct 21, 2019, 4:14 pm
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Three months free Silver for existing GM - very generous!
Seriously, is there anything useful here or just a badly-targeted promo based on my June status?
[EDIT] There is actually some useful stuff on the landing page. Guess the lesson is to read the whole thing, not just the top line. I'd been expecting to do the Elevate Your Status buy for next level but this might just make it work organically.
Ah, that's actually useful, but the email was not informative.
This is not the end of the story though. One of my eligible scheduled flights is 1/23/20-1/27/20. If I registered today, I think that would be excluded from my three months. So I need to wait until end of October to safely register (after 10/27/19). I'll be annoyed if they don't include flights already purchased but falling inside my 3 months. That seems a wrinkle too far? The small print does say my existing MQD Waiver from the Delta Reserve is good here, so PM here I come?
Oct 21, 2019, 5:57 pm
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I'm not in NYC and I got the ticketmaster and time to select your entree emails.
Oct 21, 2019, 10:32 pm
#6
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You'll have to book the flights AFTER enrolling in the promo anyway. So the flights you have already booked won't count. I did this recently for fast track to Gold Medallion. You should read the fine print in more detail.
Oct 22, 2019, 5:48 am
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The devil really is in the details here. The Ts and Cs in the email say, with my bold:
Terms & Conditions
This offer is a private invitation and is not transferable. Complimentary status will expire 3 months from date status is awarded. Offer valid for travel completed within 3 months from time of account upgrade and will not include flights taken prior to enrollment. Participation does not guarantee Medallion Status. Complimentary Status will expire after 3 months, unless that level or a higher level of Medallion Status is awarded prior to that date by completing the challenge requirements.
I think if I'd upgraded yesterday, my period would expire Jan 21 2020 and miss my late January flight.
Terms & Conditions
This offer is a private invitation and is not transferable. Complimentary status will expire 3 months from date status is awarded. Offer valid for travel completed within 3 months from time of account upgrade and will not include flights taken prior to enrollment. Participation does not guarantee Medallion Status. Complimentary Status will expire after 3 months, unless that level or a higher level of Medallion Status is awarded prior to that date by completing the challenge requirements.
I think if I'd upgraded yesterday, my period would expire Jan 21 2020 and miss my late January flight.
Oct 22, 2019, 5:51 am
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I disagree with this based on my reading of the fine print, but thanks for the advice.
Oct 22, 2019, 6:26 am
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Oct 22, 2019, 1:05 pm
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Oct 23, 2019, 12:51 am
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My best guess is that this is an assault of some kind on B6 (the "other" big LGA/JFK presence, and also a major presence at BOS as well). An attack on them would seem to follow what we saw in SEA a few years ago.